If I were to make a guess, I would say that it would be import fees and distributor costs in Europe.

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I'm relatively certain you are correct. Not to mention that there's a process to be allowed to ship items into other countries that needs to be repeated for each new item - and from what I've heard, that process costs money each time it needs to be repeated. Though, I'm sure there are many factors.

So the Blackwidow Chroma v2 costs 169.99$ in the US, which is equal to about €152.
Yet in EU, the Blackwidow Chroma v2 is being sold for €189.

That's €37 difference, or 41.4$...

Countryist xD

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Hey Bratatat,

The price difference between US and EU is something Insiders often ask about. The reason is very simple

In the US, the VAT is not included on any price tag as it depends on the state you live in. You often have to add 15 to 20% to the original price after you've entered your shipping address.

In the European Union, the law mentions that the VAT should always be included on the price tag. It means that once you add the product to your cart and enter your shipping country, the price stays the same.

To summarize, the prices you see are 169$ excl. VAT and 189€ incl. VAT. In the end, both final prices are very close, give or take a few dollars depending on the state you live in.

Yeah, each state in the U.S. collects taxes at the time of sale on the advertised price, but also has their own rate. So it's different depending on the state you live in, but the overall average is 8.5% of the final price you pay for all products and services unless otherwise exempt. (This means that in the U.S. we also pay taxes on shipping which I'm not sure if that's the case in the EU) I know a lot of European tourists get confused by this as the prices on the shelves are not what you pay at the register.

It's still more expensive to purchase in the EU by quite a bit (more like 24€ in the given calculations on the Blackwidow v2), but you also have to realize the taxes and duties overall are greater; and the logistics and marketing costs for the EU tend to also be higher. A lot more variables determine the final prices of the same product in different countries than simple exchange rate.

The price difference between US and EU is something Insiders often ask about. The reason is very simple

In the US, the VAT is not included on any price tag as it depends on the state you live in. You often have to add 15 to 20% to the original price after you've entered your shipping address.

In the European Union, the law mentions that the VAT should always be included on the price tag. It means that once you add the product to your cart and enter your shipping country, the price stays the same.

To summarize, the prices you see are 169$ excl. VAT and 189€ incl. VAT. In the end, both final prices are very close, give or take a few dollars depending on the state you live in.

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I forgot about taxes, having been here in Australia for the past 6 years. Thanks for the info!

The price difference between US and EU is something Insiders often ask about. The reason is very simple

In the US, the VAT is not included on any price tag as it depends on the state you live in. You often have to add 15 to 20% to the original price after you've entered your shipping address.

In the European Union, the law mentions that the VAT should always be included on the price tag. It means that once you add the product to your cart and enter your shipping country, the price stays the same.

To summarize, the prices you see are 169$ excl. VAT and 189€ incl. VAT. In the end, both final prices are very close, give or take a few dollars depending on the state you live in.

It's still more expensive to purchase in the EU by quite a bit (more like 24€ in the given calculations on the Blackwidow v2), but you also have to realize the taxes and duties overall are greater; and the logistics and marketing costs for the EU tend to also be higher. A lot more variables determine the final prices of the same product in different countries than simple exchange rate.

I was going for more of a 'Don't hate the player, hate the game' thing, but if you want to put it on the people making the rules...

Going deeper into it, you have to look at what you get for what you pay for. You might have to pay a bit more for your keyboard in the EU, but your healthcare system isn't a complete suck-fest mainly because of it.